I may be moving to California in the near future, and am wondering if the high capacity magazine on my XDM is the ONLY thing that makes it illegal. The print on the box says: NOT LEGAL IN CALIFORNIA AND WITH HIGH CAPACITY MAGAZINE. The AND is what makes me think there are other features that make this gun illegal. I have searched other forums and California's law a little bit. Someone said that a loaded chamber indicator may make it illegal. If it's just the magazine capacity, I will look high and low for 10 round mags. Does anyone in California know of a California legal XDM? I would rather not part with this handgun as it was the first handgun I've ever bought, it has a bit of sentimentality with it, as well as the fact that it shoots like a champion.
Thanks to all for reading.

mikejonestkd thanks, that link definitely helps. Still upset that the XDM is not on that list.

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I assume you have to move here otherwise this state blows. I believe you just need to use 10 roung mags and leave your Hi-Caps with a trusted friend/relative until you can escape from this hell-hole.

I think I'll probably do something of that sort. At least the good thing is that I can still have my 1911 and other guns too. I am pretty confident that living there is going to be a drastic change from living in Colorado where the public is much more accepting of firearms (except Boulder). I hate the idea of having to wait for any sort of period in order to purchase any handgun I would like to buy if I decide on getting more while there.

Sounds like Hawaii was when I was stationed there. As always, check the actual state websites, in this case kindly linked by mikejonestkd. Advice given with the best of intentions, by the nicest of people, can still be wrong (not referring to anybody in this thread, just making a general statement).

As danez71 wrote, there's no problem about the pistol. Although it can't be sold by a dealer in California, you may own it in California.

BUT you may not bring in the high capacity magazines. That would be importing high capacity magazines and a felony. So you'll need to find some 10 round magazines, or permanently convert yours to 10 rounds, to get any use out of your pistol.

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Originally Posted by OsOk-308

...correct me if I'm wrong, but I can own it as long as I have only 10rnd mags and DO NOT sell or transfer it?...

Actually, as long as you're a California resident, there's no problem with your selling the gun (without high capacity magazines) to another California resident. While private party transfers must go through a dealer in California, they are exempt from the handgun roster; and non-roster handguns may be transferred in private transactions (through a dealer).

You are considered to be a personal handgun importer as defined by California law. You may bring all of your otherwise California-legal firearms with you, but you must report all of your handguns to the DOJ within 60 days as required utilizing the New Resident Handgun Ownership Report. [PDF 518 kb / 2 pg] You are not required to report rifles or shotguns. You may not bring ammunition feeding devices with a capacity greater than ten rounds, machineguns, or assault weapons into California.

Not sure so check this, but I believe you can have the full capacity mags as long as they are disassembled.

At least people I know keep them in pieces and then reassemble them when they go shooting out of state, and claim it's legal to do so.

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At least people I know keep them in pieces and then reassemble them when they go shooting out of state, and claim it's legal to do so

That strikes me as a peculiar circumstance, to say the least. Isn't the point of high capacity magazines really to give you greater firepower (or more chances to miss, if you choose to look at it that way) in a self-defense shooting? Disassembling them, then reassembling them at an out-of-state range, then disassembling them again seems rather inconvenient to me, especially when you consider that the legality of possessing them in California, disassembled or not, is still an unsettled matter?

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